Iran Agriculture News

Iran exported 2.93 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $1.59 billion during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22), new data released by the…

A total of 1.7 million tons of wheat have been imported by Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21, registering a 113% rise compared with the similar period of last year…

The Iranian government has purchased 7.15 million tons of wheat worth 827.86 trillion rials ($2.6 billion) domestically from the beginning of the harvest season on March 24 till Sept. 14,…

The Producer Price Index for the agriculture sector (agronomy, horticulture and traditional husbandry) in the four-quarter period to June 21, which marks the end of the first quarter of the…

Iran exported 2.57 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $1.33 billion during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), new data released by the…

The government has purchased 81,000 tons of fresh tea leaves worth 6.92 trillion rials ($21 million) from local farmers since the beginning of the current fiscal year on March 21.  The…

During the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s recent visit to Iran, Tehran and Caracas reached an agreement for Iran to launch an agricultural outsourcing project on about 1 million hectares…

The government bought 6.5 million tons of wheat worth 740 trillion rials ($2.32 billion) from local farmers from the beginning of the harvest season on March 24 to August 5, according to…

The government has bought 5 million tons of wheat worth 570 trillion rials ($1.77 billion) from local farmers so far this year, data released by the Agriculture Ministry show.

The seasonal ban on rice imports will not be enforced in the current year, says the deputy head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Mehrdad Jamal Arvanaqi. Every year,…

Iran exported 2.16 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $1 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), the latest data released by the…

A total of 130 million tons of agricultural products are harvested in Iran annually, close to 30% of which go to waste, according to the head of Iran’s National Productivity Organization.

Rice consumption in Iran currently stands around 3 million tons per year, 70% of which are supplied through domestic production, according to a deputy agriculture minister.

The government bought more than 4 million tons of wheat worth 480 trillion rials (over $1.5 billion) from local farmers from the beginning of the harvest season on March 24 to June 30, which…

A total 3,376 tons of Iranian tea worth $3.28 million were exported to 20 countries in the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21-May 21), according to the executive manager of…

A total of 748,000 tons of tropical and sub-tropical fruits worth $528 million were exported from Iran in the last fiscal year (March 2021-22), according to director general of the Agriculture…

A total of 57.8 million tons of agronomic products are estimated to have been harvested from more than 12 million hectares across the country in the last crop year (September 2020-21), according…

The Agriculture Ministry plans to launch its cropping program as of September. “The pilot program pertains to the cultivation of wheat, barley, soybean, cotton, colza and corn,” Deputy…

Iran exported 865,780 tons of agricultural and food products worth $351.45 million in the first month of the current fiscal year (March 21-April 20), the latest data released by the Agriculture…

A total of 763,000 tons of wheat worth $306 million were imported into Iran during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 21-April 20), registering a 120% and 197% rise in tonnage…

A total of 902,102 tons of watermelon worth $208.58 million were exported from Iran to 43 countries in the last Iranian year (March 2021-22), registering a 28% and 33% rise in weight and value…

Iran exported 27,272 tons of tea worth $27.99 million to 25 countries in the last Iranian year (March 2021-22), registering a 68% and 77% growth compared with the year before, according to the…

The government’s new decision to impose duties on the export of agrifood products has agitated exporters.  The new fiscal year’s budget bill (2022-23) stipulates a 0.5% duty on the export…

Contract-based cultivation of rice has been launched in Iran this year (started March 21) for the first time and more than 6,322 hectares of paddy fields have joined the scheme so far, according…

The latest data released by the Agriculture Ministry show Iran exported 7.66 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $4.71 billion during the 11 months to Feb. 19. The figures…